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Thursday, 30 January 2025

Wolf Man (2025)


Leigh Whannell follows up his commercially successful (if creatively bankrupt) The Invisible Man by remaking another classic horror movie for a 21st century audience. Once again, it has to do with toxic men attacking poor defenseless women. This time, one of them just happens to be a loving father.
It essentially tells a small, simple story about a family hunted by a werewolf. Where it succeeds is by slowly building up a dark, brooding atmosphere. Where it falters is by not doing anything different than we've seen before. The original still stands on its own. This one feels sadder, not more scary.

2½ shivers out of 5

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